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Young Americans Face Rising Rates of Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
MONDAY, March 6, 2023 -- Young adults in the United States carry an increasing burden of heart health risk factors, making it more likely they’ll suffer a heart attack and stroke as they age, a new study warns. More adults ages 20 to 44 are...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 6, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Inflammatory bowel disease and cardiovascular diseases
Inflammatory Bowel Disease is comprised of two major subtypes: Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract with extraintestinal manifestations that can involve a number of systems.1 There were estimated to be 7 million cases of inflammatory bowel disease globally in 2017, and at the national level, the United States had the highest age-standardized prevalence rate (464.5 per 100,000 population) of inflammatory bowel disease.2 Atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases is defined as a history of acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction, stable or unstable an...
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - September 1, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Bing Chen, Lauren V Collen, Craig Mowat, Kim L. Isaacs, Siddharth Singh, Sunanda V. Kane, Edward V. Loftus, Francis A. Farraye, Scott Snapper, Hani Jneid, Carl J Lavie, Chayakrit Krittanawong Tags: Clinical Research Study Source Type: research

Deprescribing Antihypertensive Medications for Patients Aged 80 or Older
The treatment of hypertension in older adults is a major public health concern. Among the nearly 13 million persons in the United States aged 80 years or older, approximately 80% have high blood pressure (BP). Hypertension is the most potent modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease in older adults and has been strongly associated with stroke, myocardial infarction, heart failure, peripheral artery disease, kidney failure, and dementia. Thus, defining optimal strategies for managing elevated BP in older individuals is a high priority.
Source: JAMA - May 26, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Contemporary Meta-Analysis of Extended Direct Acting Oral Anticoagulant Thromboprophylaxis to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism Among Hospitalized Patients
There are over 36 million medical hospitalizations each year in the United States, with the majority being for acute medical illness.1 Cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, stroke and myocardial infarction are some of the most common indications for hospitalization and are additionally risk factors for venous thromboembolism.2 With over 900,000 patients suffering from venous thromboembolism each year, excess thrombosis causes a large medical and financial burden to patients and the health care system.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - March 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Vikas Bhalla, Olivia F Lamping, Ahmed Abdel-Latif, Meenakshi Bhalla, Khaled Ziada, Susan S. Smyth Tags: Clinical Research Study Source Type: research

New Cholesterol Guidelines Focus on Personalized Approach
SATURDAY, Nov. 10, 2018 -- A lifelong approach to lowering cholesterol, starting in some kids as young as 2, is the United States ' best bet to lower everyone ' s risk of heart attack and stroke, according to updated guidelines released Saturday by the...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 10, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study
Publication date: Available online 29 August 2017 Source:The Lancet Author(s): Mahshid Dehghan, Andrew Mente, Xiaohe Zhang, Sumathi Swaminathan, Wei Li, Viswanathan Mohan, Romaina Iqbal, Rajesh Kumar, Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen, Annika Rosengren, Leela Itty Amma, Alvaro Avezum, Jephat Chifamba, Rafael Diaz, Rasha Khatib, Scott Lear, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Xiaoyun Liu, Rajeev Gupta, Noushin Mohammadifard, Nan Gao, Aytekin Oguz, Anis Safura Ramli, Pamela Seron, Yi Sun, Andrzej Szuba, Lungiswa Tsolekile, Andreas Wielgosz, Rita Yusuf, Afzal Hussein Yusufali, Koon K Teo, Sumathy Rangarajan, Gilles Dagenais, Shrikant I Bangdi...
Source: The Lancet - August 31, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research